The discovery of life-saving new drugs could be accelerated following a project between the University of Sheffield and local company LabLogic Systems. The two-year research partnership aims to develop a new generation of LabLogic's BetaRAM detector, which tracks the movement of potential new pharmaceuticals through the body.
A volatile issue - the quest for safer, 'greener' energy sources
Chemist Dr Peter Portius is exploring the molecular structure and reactivity of energetic compounds, with the ultimate goal of finding chemical systems which could efficiently store and release energy without creating greenhouse gases.
In 1989 physicists at CERN pioneered the World Wide Web, which has radically altered our lives. Now CERN has developed what many believe will be the next big leap forward in computing, and researchers from the University's Department of Physics and Astronomy are involved in the project.
Weeding out the facts – how farming affects biodiversity
A multi-institution project has brought together natural and social scientists to examine how the land management strategies of farmers affect the biodiversity of the countryside.
Astronomers from the University of Sheffield have detected a stellar mass black hole about 6 million light years away from the Sun, much farther away than any other previously known. With a mass of about twenty times that of the Sun, it is also the second most massive stellar mass black hole ever found.
You can hear a pin drop - why our senses are sensitive
There are approximately 9 million deaf and hard of hearing people living in the UK. A new study into the mechanisms involved in hearing, led by Dr Walter Marcotti, has produced significant findings which could take us closer to understanding deafness and hearing loss.
